Mýrdalsjökull
Phototrip to Iceland june 2014
Suðurland / Iceland
Mýrdalsjökull Basic Info
Mýrdalsjökull is an ice cap in the south of Iceland. It is to the north of Vík í Mýrdal and to the east of the smaller ice cap Eyjafjallajökull. Between these two glaciers is Fimmvörðuháls pass. Its peak reaches 1,493 m in height and in the year 1980 it covered an area of approximately 595 km2.
Low sunlight hits the cliffs of Dyrhólaey, a peninsula near the village of Vik in southern Iceland. The backdrop is a rare view of the Mýrdalsjökull...
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Mýrdalsjökull!
Most notably Jiri Hajek and Henk Verheyen.